Additive neuroprotection of GABA A and GABA B receptor agonists in cerebral ischemic injury via PI-3K/Akt pathway inhibiting the ASK1-JNK cascade

Neuropharmacology
Jing XuGuang-Yi Zhang

Abstract

Co-activation of GABA A and GABA B receptors results in neuroprotection during in vitro ischemia. However, it is unclear whether this mode of action is responsible for its neuroprotective effects in animal models of ischemia in vivo, and the precise mechanisms are also unknown. This study compared the neuroprotective efficacies of muscimol, a GABA A receptor agonist, and a GABA B receptor agonist baclofen in rat brain ischemia. The additive neuroprotection could be obtained in the hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells prominently when muscimol and baclofen were co-applied. In particular, our study showed that co-activation of GABA A and GABA B receptors could strongly increase Akt activation and inhibit ASK1 activation by phosphorylation of serine 83 of ASK1. PI-3K inhibitor LY294002 reversed the increasing Akt activation and ASK1 (S83) phosphorylation. Moreover, MKK4/MKK7-JNK signaling activation was inhibited during ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) by co-treatment of muscimol with baclofen. JNK substrate, Bcl-2 and c-jun phosphorylation were also attenuated. Our results indicated that co-activation of GABA A receptor and GABA B receptor exerted neuroprotective effect via PI-3K/Akt pathway, which could inhibit the ASK1-c-Jun N-terminal pr...Continue Reading

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